Richard Wilson

Green Party member, pro-European & Leeds fan
Former Vice Chair, @euromove
For people and planet before profit
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[Richard Wilson @Wilson4Europe]

A really interesting event. Paul Mason knows this stuff inside & out. Looking forward to reading his epic history of communism, Reds.

[Paul Mason @paulmasonnews]

Lively event for REDS this afternoon at @ilkleylitfest with Prof Frank Finlay at the amazing Winter Gardens ... on to Sheffield tomorrow night https://t.co/CAwAeFKTOC

[Mothin Ali @MothinAli]

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[Bradford Green Party @bradfordgreens]

‼️ Bradford's City of Sanctuary status has been saved!

🟢 Green councillors were proud to vote against Reform's divisive motion to scrap the Council's City of Sanctuary status at Bradford Full Council meeting tonight.

Refugees and asylum seekers are welcome in Bradford 🙏

[Richard Wilson @Wilson4Europe]

“The Green party has been clear that we should rejoin the EU as soon as there is a settled majority in favour of doing so. We have long since met that threshold. We need to be back at Europe’s decision-making table.”

Carla Denyer MP speaking in Parliament, 12 October 2026

[Rachel Millward @rachelmillward]

Excellent summary of the most difficult week, and clarity on the way forward, from @ZackPolanski

https://t.co/sr0Z6TMTEY

[Richard Wilson @Wilson4Europe]

This, on the implications of Holborn & St Pancras for the Green Party, is well worth a read, by @owenjonesjourno: https://t.co/ZfYWAUXxEw

[Richard Wilson @Wilson4Europe]

Proud to be protesting alongside Leeds for Europe at the @SUTRLeeds anti-far right protest in Leeds this afternoon. A diverse and vibrant crowd countering the ugliness of the hateful nationalists marching nearby.ear

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Apparently, Abdi-Wali getting 34.9% fewer votes than Starmer did in 2024 is a success.

But Polanski getting 121.5% MORE votes than the previous Green candidate is a failure 🤷

Labour won, but with fewer votes, while the Greens more than doubled theirs. If that isn’t a warning to Labour against complacency and taking voters for granted, I don’t know what is.

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

2017 Labour 70.1% Green 3.4%
2019 Labour 64.5% Green 4.8%
2024 Labour 48.9% Green 10.4%
2026 Labour 45.2% Green 32.8%

Our media this morning: Will Zack Polanski resign?

[Richard Wilson @Wilson4Europe]

🟢 Terrible result for the Greens, according to people who can’t interpret graphs.

🔴 Burnham Bounce clearly evident here, allegedly.

🔵🟡 And the Tories, Reform & LibDems must be delighted with their showings?

[Richard Wilson @Wilson4Europe]

Green gain from Conservative. 💚

[electionmapsuk @electionmapsuk]

Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley (Amber Valley) Council By-Election Result:

🌍 GRN: 29.5% (+4.0)
➡️ RFM: 27.0% (New)
🌳 CON: 16.9% (-15.2)
🌹 LAB: 15.9% (-6.1)
◼️ RES: 10.8% (New)

No Ind (-14.1) or LDM (-6.4) as previous.

Green GAIN from Conservative.
Changes w/ 2025.

[Richard Wilson @Wilson4Europe]

As an accountant I can tell you that I find this hilarious!🤣 And as a Green I say that you can’t trust what the Conservatives have to say about net zero.

[Carla Denyer @carla_denyer]

🙄

https://t.co/glpkqyLsod

[Richard Wilson @Wilson4Europe]

There’s more sound and fury than objective reporting when it comes to the question of whether the Greens’ result in Holborn & St Pancras was good or not. To cut through all that, I leave you with this:

[Bradford Green Party @bradfordgreens]

✅️ Tripled our vote share.

✅️ Second best ever by-election result.

✅️ Turned a safe Labour seat into a Labour/Green marginal.

💚 Huge progress 🙌

🔴 Let's keep up the pressure on Labour: https://t.co/d65WSjpkmg

[Zoe Gardner @ZoeJardiniere]

Coming away from Brighton & the thing that sticks with me most is it felt like July.

Hot sunshine, people in shorts & T-shirts on the beach… it’s October.

This is not normal & it is not something we will have another chance to fix. We need green politics more than ever.

[Richard Wilson @Wilson4Europe]

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[Tamsin Shasha @TamsinShasha]

Touché Richard! A day of hope.

[Richard Wilson @Wilson4Europe]

@TamsinShasha @MarchForRejoin @mikegalsworthy @MaybeImALizard @sufjanandy @monahanjennife4 @Suewilson91 It was a pleasure to march with you, Tamsin, along with thousands of other passionate pro-Europeans. The @MarchForRejoin once again showed that the question of the UK’s status will not be settled until we rejoin the EU. Are you listening @UKLabour?

[National Rejoin March @MarchForRejoin]

Thank You so much for coming everyone! Especially so soon after the election which burnt many of us out!

The full show, with all the speeches is being produced and uploaded this week so you can watch!

We are here, every year, until we are back in the EU. 🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺
#RejoinEU